Re: How to allow user shutdown - SGI

This is a discussion on Re: How to allow user shutdown - SGI ; On 17 Jul 2003 11:59:18 -0700,
Jason L. , in
wrote:
+> I would like to know if it's possible at all to setup a user account
+> to shutdown a machine.
Go find sudo:
NAME
sudo - execute a ...

Re: How to allow user shutdown

+> I would like to know if it's possible at all to setup a user account
+> to shutdown a machine.

Go find sudo:

NAME
sudo - execute a command as another user

DESCRIPTION
sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the
superuser or another user, as specified in the sudoers
file. The real and effective uid and gid are set to match
those of the target user as specified in the passwd file
(the group vector is also initialized when the target user
is not root). By default, sudo requires that users
authenticate themselves with a password (NOTE: by default
this is the user's password, not the root password).

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